document.write( "Question 168236: Trisha ran to the park and then walked home. It took her 1/2 hour to run to the park, and 1 hour and 20 minutes to walk home. If she runs 5 miles an hour faster than she walks, how far does she live from the park? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #123996 by josmiceli(19441)\"\" \"About 
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Running:
\n" ); document.write( "\"d%5Br%5D+=+r%5Br%5D%2At%5Br%5D\"
\n" ); document.write( "Walking:
\n" ); document.write( "\"d%5Bw%5D+=+r%5Bw%5D%2At%5Bw%5D\"
\n" ); document.write( "Given:
\n" ); document.write( "\"t%5Br%5D+=+1%2F2\"hrs
\n" ); document.write( "\"t%5Bw%5D+=+4%2F3\"hrs
\n" ); document.write( "\"r%5Br%5D+=+r%5Bw%5D+%2B+5\" mi/hr
\n" ); document.write( "Putting this data back into the equations:
\n" ); document.write( "\"d%5Br%5D+=+%28r%5Bw%5D+%2B+5%29%2A%281%2F2%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"d%5Bw%5D+=+r%5Bw%5D%2A%284%2F3%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "From the problem, I know \"d%5Br%5D+=+d%5Bw%5D\", so
\n" ); document.write( "\"%28r%5Bw%5D+%2B+5%29%2A%281%2F2%29+=+r%5Bw%5D%2A%284%2F3%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "multiply both sides by \"6\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"3r%5Bw%5D+%2B+15+=+8r%5Bw%5D\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"5r%5Bw%5D+=+15\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"r%5Bw%5D+=+3\"
\n" ); document.write( "And, since
\n" ); document.write( "\"r%5Br%5D+=+r%5Bw%5D+%2B+5\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"r%5Br%5D+=+3+%2B+5\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"r%5Br%5D+=+8\"
\n" ); document.write( "And
\n" ); document.write( "\"d%5Br%5D+=+r%5Br%5D%2A%281%2F2%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"d%5Br%5D+=+8%2A%281%2F2%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"d%5Br%5D+=+4\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"d%5Bw%5D+=+r%5Bw%5D%2A%284%2F3%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"d%5Bw%5D+=+3%2A%284%2F3%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"d%5Bw%5D+=+4\"
\n" ); document.write( "This verifies that
\n" ); document.write( "\"d%5Br%5D+=+d%5Bw%5D+=+4\"mi answer
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